JSS 1 Business Studies Flashcards: Meaning and History of Taxation in Nigeria

Question 1

A law requires a payment from citizens or businesses. How is a tax best described?

Accepted Answer

a compulsory payment imposed by government

Question 2

How is the full process of assessing and collecting taxes best described?

Accepted Answer

the system of assessing and collecting taxes

Question 3

A village association may collect dues, but only one authority can legally impose a national tax. Name it.

Accepted Answer

government

Question 4

Long before colonial rule, tribute and levies in many communities were paid to ____.

Accepted Answer

traditional authorities

Question 5

Coins were scarce in a pre-colonial community. State two non-cash ways a tax obligation could be met.

Accepted Answer

with produce or labour

Question 6

In an old kingdom, households gave yams each season to the ruler. How should this tribute be described?

Accepted Answer

a payment to a ruler or authority

Question 7

Adults spend a day repairing the community road instead of paying produce. Their labour represents a ____.

Accepted Answer

tax contribution

Question 8

Emirate officials assessed and collected levies systematically. What pre-colonial arrangement does this describe?

Accepted Answer

organised taxation under emirate administration

Question 9

Compare eras: what major change did colonial rule introduce into Nigerian taxation?

Accepted Answer

formal taxes enforced by colonial authorities

Question 10

Why did colonial authorities collect taxes to run administration and services?

Accepted Answer

to finance administration and public services

Question 11

A colonial officer collects tax through recognised traditional rulers. Name this arrangement.

Accepted Answer

collection through traditional rulers

Question 12

Why did some communities resist newly introduced colonial taxes?

Accepted Answer

they viewed them as unfair or unfamiliar

Question 13

What tax-related fear partly fuelled the 1929 Aba Women's protest?

Accepted Answer

taxation of women

Question 14

What tax structures did independent Nigeria inherit from colonial rule?

Accepted Answer

formal tax laws and administrative structures

Question 15

In post-colonial Nigeria, what did tax revenue increasingly support at national and state levels?

Accepted Answer

national and state development

Question 16

Explain why Nigeria's tax system has not remained exactly the same across the three eras.

Accepted Answer

government and economic needs have changed

Question 17

State the key difference between customary tribute and modern tax.

Accepted Answer

modern tax is governed by written law

Question 18

Why is one regional story insufficient for all pre-colonial Nigerian taxation?

Accepted Answer

pre-colonial systems differed among societies

Question 19

What purpose remained common from tribute systems to present-day taxation?

Accepted Answer

raising resources for collective purposes

Question 20

Arrange the account correctly by naming the earliest era: pre-colonial, colonial, or post-colonial.

Accepted Answer

pre-colonial era

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